Improved register for railroad-cars



plid in cshf.- two dots signifies paid by ticket, tbreedots signifies paid half-fare,

and r,- 4 signifies' that nothing is paid, or that the passenger goes free. 'lhus traveling from Indianapolis on thel Indianapolis and Cincin- 'natiroad the' numbers may be as follows:

Shelbyville,l No.3; Greensburgh. No. 4; Morj ris,-No. 6j, and Lawrencehurgh, No. 8. Sup-A pose the v'passenger' to Shelbyville pays inv money', I operate the machine to make l l producing the numeral I th ree times, followed nya` single dot, whi oh signifies paid in` cash. llhepassengerl for lGrreen'sbnrgh has a ticket, VI'-operatewthemachine to produce l' l which signifies paid-by ticket. The' one for Morris is 'a rhalffare and is marke 1.',

which signifies that a half-fore is paid.` ,The oneV for Lawrenceburg is free, or 'what is called. adead-head, andl is marked thus, Before recording passengers getting on at new stations. the conductor makes a-,scbies of dots or other meaningless .2 Y i l I 26,565

characters, .which willhave no connection 'withthe dots' or numerals used, asset: forth, for register-'ing passengers vand 'fares'.- It will be seen that `the indicatorshows the operator how long tohold the `oord in order to produce 'the proper character withprecision, leavingf no possibility for mistake and allowing .every passenger to see' the-transaction. 'Thecord U, by which the machine is operated, may exi tend to' any and every part'of'the can desired.

What I'cla'im', and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is`" i 'lheindicator A, when operated 'in connec tion with the telegraphinstrumentv or its equivalent,using the Roman uumeralsor their equivalents, and operating the same, substantially ns and for the -pul'posesset forth.

Witnesses: t l JQHNB. COVINGTON, E

JOHN Il. REDSTONE.

.SAMUEL F. COVINGTON. 

